Gyeonghuigung Palace description and photos - South Korea: Seoul (Topic)

Gyeonghuigung Palace description and photos - South Korea: Seoul. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Gyeonghuigung.

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Gyeonghigung Palace is one of five large palaces built during the Joseon era. Translated, the name of the Gyeonghigun Palace sounds like “the palace of serene ceremonies.”

The palace was built in 1600, during the reign of King Gwanghe-gun, who was the 15th wan (king) of the Joseon state. Gwanghe-gun, whose original name was Hon, ruled for about 15 years - from 1608 to 1623. It was believed that his reign was quite despotic, so he was not awarded either a posthumous honorary title or a temple name.

The palace was built for about 6 years, and its complex consisted of almost 100 buildings and other objects. In principle, the palace was a minor residence of the king, as it was located in the western part of Seoul. It is because of this location that the palace was also called Sogvol - the Western Palace. The concept of "secondary palace" meant that the king used to come to this palace in an emergency.

Many rulers of the Joseon Kingdom lived in the Gyeonghigun Palace, from King Injo to King Cheolchon. At one time, the palace was impressive in size, next to the palace there was an arched bridge that connected two palaces from the palace complex - Gyeonghigun and Deoksugun.

Unfortunately, most of the Gyeonghigun palace suffered from two fires that happened in the era the reign of kings Sunjo and Kojong, and during the Japanese occupation, the palace was destroyed, and a Japanese school was built in its place.

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